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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 27, 1987Stonewall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1987, 8:24 PM CDT for Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 76 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1987, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1987, 9:40 PM CDT
In force
76 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Stonewall County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1987-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1752 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1987-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1752 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABI 280124
TORABI
TXC433-280230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
824 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
          ...STONEWALL
 
AT 823PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ASPERMONT. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE SOUTH EDGE
OF ASPERMONT. THIS INTENSE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
 
IN HOMES AND APARTMENTS...INTERIOR BATHROOMS AND CLOSETS ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. COVER YOURSELF WITH
BLANKETS OR CLOTHING AND WAIT FOR THE S	TORM TO PASS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 27, 3:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
 315 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...

AT 305 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF WACO TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BELL
COUNTY NEAR BARTLETT MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 15 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE WACO AREA WITHIN THE NEXT
HOUR OR TWO.
MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE NORTHWEST OF COLLEGE STATION.
Special weather statement, May 27, 4:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
445 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST SECTION OF
NORTH TEXAS...THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU. THE WATCH IS ALONG AND 70 STATUE MILES EITHER
SIDE OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO TO 50
MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS. THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH
METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. THE CITIES OF ABILENE...
SEYMOUR..HASKELL AND ANSON ARE IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 440 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS SOUTH OF
GATESVILLE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF CORYELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THR=EATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE QUICK ACTION.

LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 5:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
545 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF THE LOW ROLLING
PLAINS...THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...SOUTHEAST PART
OF THE SOUTH PLAINS..AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 540 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHERN
LAMPASAS COUNTY...SOUTHWEST MCLENNAN COUNTY...AND NEAR CANTON IN
CENTRAL VAN ZANDT COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH LAMPASAS COUNTY
WAS INTENSIFYING AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FORI THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED
TO SEEK COVER IN A REINFORCED SHELTER IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED OR
A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 7:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
705 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 645 PM CDT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR
BELL..BOSQUE..CORYELL..FALLS..HILL..LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES
OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 700 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..WERE
JUST NORTH OF WACO AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLMEAD IN MCLENNAN
COUNTY AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GROESBECK IN LIMESTONE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE TORNDAOES.  PERSONS IN
MCLEANNAN AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY
HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:08 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
810 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 645 PM CDT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR
BELL..BOSQUE..CORYELL..FALLS..HILL..LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES
OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 805 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM FIVE
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMILTON TO 10 MILES WEST OF MERIDIAN IN BOSQUE
COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE TORNDAOES.  PERSONS IN
BOSQUE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATMENTS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall61 min
May 27, 7:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton56 min
May 27, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHamilton21 min
May 27, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHamilton55 min
May 27, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque24 min
May 27, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox60 min
May 27, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall45 min
May 27, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens68 min
May 28, 6:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDScurry33 min
May 28, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNolan65 min
May 28, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor66 min
May 28, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones60 min
May 28, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDScurry67 min
May 28, 1:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWichita3 hr
May 28, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas60 min
May 28, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDShackelford60 min
May 28, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens55 min
May 28, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones, Taylor62 min
May 28, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto63 min
May 28, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland60 min
May 28, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan54 min
May 28, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens65 min
May 28, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland55 min
May 28, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCallahan40 min
May 28, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor63 min
May 28, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker29 min
May 28, 4:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWichita3 hr
May 28, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan65 min
May 28, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland47 min
May 28, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDWise58 min
May 28, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton65 min
May 28, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBrown60 min
May 28, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker56 min
May 28, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant67 min
May 28, 6:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker2 hr
May 28, 6:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton2 hr
May 28, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJones, Shackelford60 min
May 28, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTaylor60 min
May 28, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar61 min
May 28, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton60 min
May 28, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Parker60 min
May 28, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin68 min
May 28, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant62 min
May 28, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas62 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.